How many of you have non Irish friends

shqipshume

I am just curious how many people here on boards have non Irish friends?
What nationality and what religion.
Would you care what religion or nationality they are?
Or am i right in thinking Irish people just go by how they are with them and nationality nor religion is and issue.
Thanks

Also as i neglected to add in my post any other nationality also take part does it matter to you religion nationality,are you also easy going and have many Irish friends,Sorry guys

Turd Ferguson

No. Foreign people smell.

Ewwwww

AnonoBoy

No Irish person has ever judged anybody on their nationality or religion. That is a known fact.

My name is URL

I have alot of American friends coz I spent 2 years in California.
Would I care about their religion? Well I'm agnostic so if they started praying out of the blue or went on about creation, I don't think I'd hang about, tbh

Dartz

I don't have any friends.

Sabre0001

Yep, do I get a medal?

seanybiker

one of me best mates is english. I call him my little tan friend. Anytime he asks me to do something I tell him to piss off cos he dont own us anymore. Tis fun.

Vain

I know a few non irish people, sound lads. Just alot of effort trying to understand broken English could never do it with a few pints in me.

oeb

shqipshume wrote: »

I am just curious how many people here on boards have non Irish friends?
What nationality and what religion.
Would you care what religion or nationality they are?
Or am i right in thinking Irish people just go by how they are with them and nationality nor religion is and issue.
Thanks

Sorry, I'm a racist.

shqipshume

oeb wrote: »

Sorry, I'm a racist.

Against everyone :eek: you better not ever leave Ireland or your house or garden again lol:D

3qsmavrod5twfe

Does Northern Ireland (pronounced "Norn Iron") count as foreign? Does Donegal count as "The North"?

(Don't start on the 800 years of opression, Ireland is a 32 county republic etc. speil, because that's what they'd expect you to do)

Biggins

No.

I have many friends from places all over. Each I take as single individuals, not branded as a collective when it comes to friendships.
- (except from those from the land of Xenu)

biko

From all over Europe. Prob 50% Irish and 50% foreign.
My closest friends are Irish, from Co Galway and Co Down.

Turd Ferguson

oeb wrote: »

Sorry, I'm a rapist.

Fixed that for ya

shqipshume

Sabre0001 wrote: »

Yep, do I get a medal?

http://webzoom.freewebs.com/jbhbird/Designs/FriendshipMEDAL.png

What countries are they from then?

3qsmavrod5twfe

shqipshume wrote: »

Or am i right in thinking Irish people just go by how they are with them and nationality nor religion is and issue.
Thanks

I know a some people from Galway who are racist about people from Mayo /scowls and spits on ground/.

Can't blame them.

seanybiker

Magnus wrote: »

From all over Europe. Prob 50% Irish and 50% foreign.

Ya could have just left it off at 50% Irish. Tis kinda obvious the other 50% are non irish lol.

oeb

shqipshume wrote: »

Against everyone :eek: you better not ever leave Ireland or your house or garden again lol:D

Right now I am in my sitting room peeking out throught the crack in the blinds looking at the suspicious people up the street.

Turd Ferguson wrote: »

Fixed that for ya

That was totally off topic. I was saving that for the "How many of you have raped your friends" thread that was gonna start later.

tfitzgerald

i have friends from all over britain france poland usa china and some from thailand these people i class as friends i know people from all over ,i am not interested in a persons religion as long as they dont try and convert me. i forgot spain

shqipshume

Upward Spiral wrote: »

I have alot of American friends coz I spent 2 years in California.
Would I care about their religion? Well I'm agnostic so if they started praying out of the blue or went on about creation, I don't think I'd hang about, tbh

Em wouldn't you call them fanatics? lol I don't think many people would hang around then

So your answer would be you don't care as long as they don't start preaching at you lol;)

shqipshume

Annabel Defeated Opera wrote: »

I know a some people from Galway who are racist about people from Mayo /scowls and spits on ground/.

Can't blame them.

lol Old rivalry dies hard

Tirabaralla

I am the non irish friend :rolleyes:

alexandros

what is this "friends" thing you speak of??
you mean in real life?
outside?
away from the internet?
:eek:

shqipshume

Tirabaralla wrote: »

I am the non irish friend :rolleyes:

what are you rolling eyes for :rolleyes:

Where are you from then?

stovelid

Is it possible for anybody in Ireland under a certain age not to have a non-Irish friend?

ejmaztec

As I'm a Plastic Paddy with an identity crisis, everybody I know is foreign, even my family. I don't give a toss what religion my friends practice, as long as it doesn't involve me being sacrificed in the woods when there's a full moon - again.:eek:

marzic

yeah fcuking loads! its really not a big deal in ireland any more cos we've been exposed to other nationalities for so long:

• we were to the fore front of religious education in europe since ... whenever
• we were among the biggest carriers of passengers from africa to the US in the 1600's, the budget carriers of their day!
• we've been going to australia since the 17/1800's, way before the whole backpacker thing
• we went Stateside, for spring break I think, in a major way after the big potato strike of 1845
• we've obviously had foreign direct investment(FDI) come to the country for centuaries from the normans, vikings, british

and of course perhaps the most forgotton aspect of our rich multicurtural, multiethnic, multinational history is that 'rowdy' bunch of blacks and tans came over for St. Patricks day in 1920 and went a bit mad!

*I'd like to buy the world a home, and furnish it with love...*
:pac::rolleyes::p:cool::P:o:)

Tirabaralla

shqipshume wrote: »

what are you rolling eyes for :rolleyes:

Where are you from then?

A lot of good reasons.

Italy.

Sabre0001

shqipshume wrote: »

http://webzoom.freewebs.com/jbhbird/Designs/FriendshipMEDAL.png

What countries are they from then?

Poland, South Africa, Latvia...England.

Turd Ferguson

Tirabaralla wrote: »

A lot of good reasons.

Italy.

:eek: Mamma mia

shqipshume

Tirabaralla wrote: »

A lot of good reasons.

Italy.

Dont worry i aint poking at all
Just wanted to see how well Irish are mixing with everyone.Someone tried to say we only love irish so i am making a Point Irish only judge by personality.
Goes without saying Italians and Irish will always get on well

shqipshume

oeb wrote: »

Right now I am in my sitting room peeking out throught the crack in the blinds looking at the suspicious people up the street.

.

Dont forget your http://blogs.amctv.com/scifi-scanner/signs2.jpg

Tirabaralla

Turd Ferguson wrote: »

:eek: Mamma mia

Yeah, I know, I know...:rolleyes:

shqipshume

marzic wrote: »

yeah fcuking loads! its really not a big deal in ireland any more cos we've been exposed to other nationalities for so long:

• we were to the fore front of religious education in europe since ... whenever
• we were among the biggest carriers of passengers from africa to the US in the 1600's, the budget carriers of their day!
• we've been going to australia since the 17/1800's, way before the whole backpacker thing
• we went Stateside, for spring break I think, in a major way after the big potato strike of 1845
• we've obviously had foreign direct investment(FDI) come to the country for centuaries from the normans, vikings, british

and of course perhaps the most forgotton aspect of our rich multicurtural, multiethnic, multinational history is that 'rowdy' bunch of blacks and tans came over for St. Patricks day in 1920 and went a bit mad!

*I'd like to buy the world a home, and furnish it with love...*
:pac::rolleyes::p:cool::P:o:)

But none of them effect Irish today i don't think:o
Barr the fact we have always been very laid back country and we had student visitors throughout majority of our lives.And had to bare the brunt of attacks and stereotyping from other nationalities also.

Tirabaralla

shqipshume wrote: »

Dont worry i aint poking at all
Just wanted to see how well Irish are mixing with everyone.Someone tried to say we only love irish so i am making a Point Irish only judge by personality.
Goes without saying Italians and Irish will always get on well

I was just joking...out my irish friends ^_^

I dunno...my impression (living round here since one year) is that usually irish people are quite friendly and open to understand your background.
But...I "judge" my friends by personality but also religion, nationality and many more things...judge doeasn't mean having prejudices (<--- is that correct in english? hope so)...I think everything counts in the making of a person and there's nothing wrong with that. My 2 cents.

Sanjuro

Friendships are friendships. Doesn't matter where they're from.



Unless they're Micronesian.

shqipshume

Tirabaralla wrote: »

I was just joking...out my irish friends ^_^

I dunno...my impression (living round here since one year) is that usually irish people are quite friendly and open to understand your background.
But...I "judge" my friends by personality but also religion, nationality and many more things...judge doeasn't mean having prejudices (<--- is that correct in english? hope so)...I think everything counts in the making of a person and there's nothing wrong with that. My 2 cents.

lol thats cool my Italian friend

No everyone is entitled to make friends on how they feel,I am just type of person i dont work off stereotype like they are muslim then they must be bad or they have criminals then they must be all the same.I just hate the stereotyping.And i dont think majority of Irish people do either.
Welcome to Ireland btw hope you are very happy here:)

marzic

shqipshume wrote: »

But none of them effect Irish today i don't think:o
Barr the fact we have always been very laid back country and we had student visitors throughout majority of our lives.And had to bare the brunt of attacks and stereotyping from other nationalities also.

well i think you completely missed the point I was trying to make with me aul satire/sarcasm, but no matter, we're all *gods* children (substitute with relevant being/object of devotion):)

seanybiker

why is there a no option and a dont think about it option. Some people might think about it the pick no whereas others might think about it and pick yes. Then ya have people who dont think about it and just say yes as opposed to the ones that dont think about it and say no. Ya know loike

shqipshume

marzic wrote: »

well i think you completely missed the point I was trying to make with me aul satire/sarcasm, but no matter, we're all *gods* children (substitute with relevant being/object of devotion):)

No i got it lol hence the lol

Yep treat eachother good and get on who cares where they are from.:)

shqipshume

seanybiker wrote: »

why is there a no option and a dont think about it option. Some people might think about it the pick no whereas others might think about it and pick yes. Then ya have people who dont think about it and just say yes as opposed to the ones that dont think about it and say no. Ya know loike

Oh stop trying to be a wisenhymer :mad::D:p

Sútalún

2/3 really good foreigner friends.
All really nice people...or really hot. Either or.

marzic

shqipshume wrote: »

No i got it lol hence the lol

Yep treat eachother good and get on who cares where they are from.:)

hmmm... I dont think you did, but thats ok, we irish have a wicked sence of humour that many other nationalities dont get? where'd you say you were from again? wheres that?

shqipshume

marzic wrote: »

hmmm... I dont think you did, but thats ok, we irish have a wicked sence of humour that many other nationalities dont get? where'd you say you were from again? wheres that?

That is debatable,If Irish think they have wicked sense of humour and others don't get it how do we know we have wicked sense of humour we only get (exhale):o:Dlol
I am Irish :)cant you tell i do million words a second :ohahaha

Wagon

I voted yes only becuase the stupid OP confused me. I looked at your thread title, assumed the poll would be the same and no. It was a completely different question. What the **** kind of performance is that?! Stupid poll question mate, poor show. And no it doesn't factor in my friendships.

marzic

shqipshume wrote: »

That is debatable,If Irish think they have wicked sense of humour and others don't get it how do we know we have wicked sense of humour we only get (exhale):o:Dlol
I am Irish :)cant you tell i do million words a second :ohahaha

yes you are definately Oirish, cos you just wont let it go, will ya?:P

shqipshume

Wagon wrote: »

I voted yes only becuase the stupid OP confused me. I looked at your thread title, assumed the poll would be the same and no. It was a completely different question. What the **** kind of performance is that?! Stupid poll question mate, poor show. And no it doesn't factor in my friendships.

Sorry i killed two birds with one stone:ofunny though your only one complaining you wagon :mad::D

shqipshume

marzic wrote: »

yes you are definately Oirish, cos you just wont let it go, will ya?:P

Hahahaha yeah thats what my bf had to get used to lol Passionate crowd we are :Dhe is getting there tho

KnifeWRENCH

Nationality makes absolutely no difference to me. I have a friend who's English and one who's Filipino.

Religion - none of my friends are any way religious so I've never thought about that really. If they were religious it wouldn't bother me as long as they weren't constantly preaching or trying to convert me.

donmeister

I have like,ummmm an awful scatter of friends that are foreign! Never really thought about it until now,English,American, Canadian,Nigerian,South African mhhhhhhhhhhhhh *stokes fictional white beard*

Latchy

Yes I have dozens of non Irish friends .Which probably has more to with living in England than anything else .Their religion is umimportant to me and are a mixture of mainly catholics, protestants and non believers .